“Symptoms of something all around us”: Mental health, Inuit culture, and criminal justice in Arctic communities in Nunavut, Canada

Rehabilitation-oriented criminal court mental health initiatives to reduce the number of people with mental illness caught in the criminal justice system exist in many North American cities and elsewhere but not in the mainly Inuit Canadian Arctic territory of Nunavut. Nunavut; Arctic; Canada; Cultu...

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Main Authors: Ferrazzi, Priscilla, Krupa, Terry
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027795361630394X
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Summary:Rehabilitation-oriented criminal court mental health initiatives to reduce the number of people with mental illness caught in the criminal justice system exist in many North American cities and elsewhere but not in the mainly Inuit Canadian Arctic territory of Nunavut. Nunavut; Arctic; Canada; Culture; Inuit; Mental health; Criminal justice; Therapeutic jurisprudence;